Transcript Using Visuals to Enhance Your Teaching

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The audience is 43% more likely to be
persuaded
Same material can be taught in 25-40% less
time
Retention is improved up to 38%
 David Peoples (1992), Presentations Plus, John Wiley and
Sons.
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The presenter is perceived as being
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More professional
More persuasive
More credible
More interesting
Better prepared
 David Peoples (1992), Presentations Plus, John Wiley
and Sons.
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Chalk/White Board
Flip Chart
Posters
Actual Objects
Bulletin Board
Overhead
projector
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PowerPoint
presentations
Films and Videos
World Wide Web
Computer
software
Miscellaneous
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Every room has one - use them
Write LARGE and legible
Always title what you put on the board
◦ Compartments of the ruminant stomach
◦ Parts of the flower
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Don’t teach to the board
Avoid turning your back to the students for
long periods of time
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Can be prepared in advance
Easy to make and use
A good change of pace
Relatively inexpensive
Can utilize color
Portable
Turning pages reveal information and paces
your presentation
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Portable
Good for diagrams, illustrations or collections
◦ leaves
◦ insects
◦ seeds
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Whenever possible, bring actual objects into
the class
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sparkplug
oxy-acetylene rig
plants
chicken
tools
Keep the object out of sight until ready to
use (play on curiosity)
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Can communicate information
Should be changed regularly
Good activity for students
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Can teach more material
Prepared in advance
Face the class
Professional looking
Can skip material and come back
Can use a “cheat” sheet easily
Can use over and over
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More later...
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Films and filmstrips are rapidly disappearing
Sources of Free Videos
◦ Venard Films
◦ Farm Film Foundation
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At the start of the year, order videos for the
entire year
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Educational resources available online
Educational support software available
Offer support to traditional resources
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1:1 Laptops
Computer Lab/Laptop Cart
Digital camera – still image
Digital camera – video
Interactive White Boards (SMART Boards)
Mp3 players (iPods)
Student response systems (Centio/ Clickers)
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Blogs (Edublogs, Blogger, WordPress, etc.)
Computer-Based Webpage Development
(Frontpage, Nvu, Kompozer, etc)
Desktop Publisher
Electronic data retrieval (web search, data
bases, etc.)
Graphic Editor (Picnik, Photoshop, etc.)
Interactive video/teleconferencing (Skype,
Elluminate, ichat, etc.)
Multimedia Presentation (Powerpoint,
Keynote, etc.)
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Online Webpage Development (Wix, Google
sites,Wikispace, etc)
Podcasting/ Vodcasting (iTunes, etc.)
Social Networking (Facebook, Ning, Twitter,
Edmoto, etc.)
Spreadsheets (Excel, etc.)
Video Recording /Video Making (Photostory,
iMovie, etc.)
Voice recording (Audacity, Garage Band,
vocaroo, etc.)
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Web-based Course & Grade Management
Tools (Infinite Campus, D2L, WebCT, etc.)
Web-based email (k12, google, hotmail, etc.)
Web-based Video Resources (YouTube,
TeacherTube, ZamZar, AnyVideoConverter,
etc.)
Word Processing (Microsoft Office, Google
docs, NeoOffice)
Firefox
 Delicious
 Google
 Reader
 Gmail
 Skype
 Google Calender
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Voicethread
 Wordpress
 Audacity
 Youtube
 Jing
 Polldaddy
 Nvu
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Yugma
 PBWiki
 Ustream
 Ning
 FreemindeXe
 Moodle
 Twitter
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Google Docs
 iGoogle
 Slideshare
 Flickr
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All free to use to create, present,
store information in different formats